Filter "x days ago" templates in Django?

Take a look at the timesince filter pattern . It's built in.

The following returns a humanized diff between now and comment_date

(for example '8 hours'

):

{{ comment_date|timesince }}

      

        
        
        
      

    

The following returns a humanized distinction between question_date

and comment_date

:

{{ comment_date|timesince:question_date }}